"Build Me Up Buttercup" is a song written by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay, and released by The Foundations in 1968 with Colin Young singing lead vocals.

2 hit in the United Kingdom, for two non-consecutive weeks, behind "Lily the Pink" by the Scaffold.

"Build Me Up Buttercup" is featured in the 1998 romantic comedy film There's Something About Mary,[3] the pilot episode "Truth Be Told" from the first season of the ABC TV spy drama series Alias, and the episode "Art Imitates Art" from the fourth season of the CBS TV detective series Elementary.

[23] A fast-paced version by The Goops was used as part of a promotional tie-in music video for the 1995 film Mallrats.

This video was later included as a bonus feature in later DVD an BluRay home releases of Mallrats.